The top of the range is the Hybrid Ultra Core from Air Evolution. It offers the ultimate in performance: currently holding multiple world titles on the snow scene, this really is as good as it gets.

Go to the Air Evolution www.airevolution-snowkite.com to see why this is the choice of world champions. 

When you sheet out (de-power) the kite goes into neutral and loses 1/3 of its surface area. That means on a 12 m² kite there's only 8 m² working when you're fully de-powered, giving an unrivalled light feel on the control bar and enormous de-power.

You need to be 200% sure of your equipment, so the latest has been conceived and developed exactly for ‘vol de pente' (slope/hill flying) and is very well adapted to that style of riding, being very strong and stable.

Some of the key features are:

• Able to be ridden un-hooked, with handle-pass and kite-loops, able to fly serenely and snowkite freely.
• Easy to handle and light in hand, its increased power allows you to have one size down.
• Big capability de-power, you keep control at any time. LIGHT REACTIVE and SURE ... AIR approved.
• Unique Trailing Edge Flap System (Works like the flaps on a plane creating uplift).
• Unrivalled Float (Floats more like large LEI than smaller foil!).
• Incredibly Quick Turning (Maneuverability of a much smaller kite).
• Big De-Power Range (Use one kite for longer).
• Incredibly Light Bar Pressure (Ride all day long with no pain in your elbows).
• Carbon Control Bar (Extremely Strong).
• Highest Quality Porcher Materials (No short-cuts taken with quality).
• Gauze Mesh on Leading Edge (prevents alien bodies from entering cells).
• Awesome Un-Hooked Riding (quickly get to unhooked moves).

Air Evolution kites are as the name suggests, an 'evolution' in kite development run by snow kite pioneer Damien Richard.

The concept behind the Air Evolution X-Air the latest kite from the Air Evolution stable is a ram air foil at the front of the kite and a fixed trailing edge at the rear which acts like the flaps on a plane generating masses of lift and hangtime.

Developed in Semnoz the home of snow kiting, the 06 kite the Air Evolution Hybrid Ultra Core won the mens and ladies Corona Extra Tour World snow kite competition for snowboard.

The Air Evolution X-Air 2007.

The ultimate in lift and float from snowkite and built with all pilots in mind, the Air Evolution X-Air has some completely unique features from any other brand of kite with a trailing edge that act like flaps on a plane giving you masses of lift when you power up the kite, yet is still brilliantly stable so even beginners can jump straight on it.

This year’s kite has had a 'Swallow' feature added to it to allow the trailing edge to work like to separate flaps rather than one flap like last year's kite.

This allows for even greater manoeuvrability in the air and a constant power through loops and turns. The Air Evolution X-Air has the following features:

* Unparalleled Stability (Incredible even in the large sizes)

* Unique Trailing Edge Flap System (Works like the flaps on a plane creating 

   amazing uplift)

* Unrivalled Float Giving You More Airtime (Floats more like a large tube than

   smaller foil!)

* Incredibly Quick Turning (Manoeuvrability of a much smaller kite with the ability to

   stall turn the kite)

* Big De-Power Range (Use one kite for longer)

* Incredibly Light Bar Pressure - yet excellent feedback (Ride all day long with no

   pain in your elbows!)

* Carbon Control Bar (Extremely Strong)

* Highest Quality Porcher Materials (No short cuts taken with quality)

* Gauze Mesh on Leading Edge (prevents foreign bodies from entering cells)

* Awesome Un-Hooked Riding with specific settings for once you progress to this

   level (Progress much more quickly to unhooked moves)

* More controllable power (lift when you want it)

* X shaped bridle increasing turning speed (kite loops)

* Swallow tail design providing constant power in turns (down loops/kite loops)

The Air Evolution X-Air is the perfect kite for beginners to depower kites right through to expert riders demanding a kite that has ultimate stability, incredible depower, insane pop and unrivalled float.

The kites come in 4 sizes; 6 meter, 8 meter, 10 meter and 12 meter. They are light blue, yellow, purple and red respectively.